Using the adverb 'just' in a verbal clause in the perfect tenses.

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Weaver67

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Hello Teachers.

I'm worried about using 'just'.
Look at the following example,please:

"I sent you all the pictures you waiting for. I just had glanced my eyes over a few ones before I sent them."

It would probably be better to write 'just' between 'had' and 'glanced' to make it looks like this : "I had just glanced...". However, I'm not shure that it doesn't change the meaning of the sentence above. I suppose that the variant with 'just' before 'had glanced' has the meaning 'only', and the second one means 'very recently' or 'very soon'

Is it correct? What do you think?
 
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What do you think?




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(1) I most respectfully submit that perhaps the tenses that you used should be

changed.

(a) Maybe something like:

I have just sent you the pictures you have been waiting for. Don't worry! I just

glanced over a few of them.

(P.S. The word "glance" already includes the idea of "my eyes.")

(P.P.S. My first "just" = recently; my second "just" = only.)
 

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Your variant is simpler and better to understand than that in my post.
Thanks a lot!
 
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